50 districts will need humanitarian aid

By Beatrice Mfula

Fifty districts in Zambia will need humanitarian aid after being hit by floods and dry spells.

Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- National Coordinator GABRIEL POLLEN says the 50 districts have been identified after a Vulnerability and Needs Assessment Survey was conducted in 91 districts in June.

Dr. POLLEN says 12 of the 50 districts will be on Emergency Cash Transfer programme as recommended by the National Disaster Management Council leaving 38 districts only in-kind food distribution programme.

He has told ZNBC News that the DMMU has also requested the Food Reserve Agency -FRA- to do community sales in 31 districts to make maize available for those who will receive the Emergency Cash Transfer.

Dr. POLLEN said the essence of the assessment survey was to ascertain the impact of the 2021/2022 Rain Season on the livelihoods of citizens.

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